Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar

Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar
محمدعلی شاه قاجار

Shahanshah of Persia

Shah of Persia

Reign

3 January 1907 – 16 July 1909

Predecessor

Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar

Successor

Ahmad Shah Qajar

Born

21 June 1872
Amol, Persia

Died

5 April 1925 (aged 52)
Sanremo, Italy

Spouse

Malekeh Jahan

Full name
Mohmmad Ali Shah

Dynasty

Qajar

Father

Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar

Mother

Taj ul-Mulk (Umm al-Khakan)

Religion

Shia Islam

Tughra

Full name
Mohmmad Ali Shah

Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (Persian: محمدعلی شاه قاجار‎‎) (21 June 1872 – 5 April 1925, Sanremo, Italy) was the sixth king of Qajar Dynasty, Shah of Persia from 8 January 1907 to 16 July 1909.

He was against the constitution that was ratified during the reign of his father, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar. In 1907 Mohammad Ali dissolved the parliament and declared the Constitution abolished because it was contrary to Islamic law. He bombarded the Majles (Persian parliament) with the military and political support of Russia and Britain. In July 1909, pro-Constitution forces marched from Persia's provinces to Tehran led by Sardar As'ad, Sepehdar A'zam, Sattar Khan, Bagher Khan and Yeprem Khan, deposed the Shah, and re-established the constitution. On 16 July 1909, the parliament voted to place Mohammad Ali Shah's 11-year-old son, Ahmad Shah on the throne. Mohammad Ali Shah abdicated following the new Constitutional Revolution and he has since been remembered as a symbol of dictatorship.

Having fled to Odessa, Russia (present day Ukraine), Mohammad Ali plotted his return to power. In 1911 he landed at Astarabad, Persia, but his forces were defeated. Mohammad Ali Shah returned to Russia, then in 1920 to Constantinople (present day Istanbul) and later to San Remo, Italy, where he died on 5 April 1925 (bur. Shrine of Imam Husain, Karbala, Iraq). Every Shah of Persia since Mohammad Ali has died in exile.

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